"Dream - The Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) has leaked that the provincial minimum wage (UMP) will increase in 2024. The plan to adjust UMP in 2024 was announced by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower, Anwar Sanusi. Kemnaker hopes that the planned increase will not be protested by employers. 'Certainly, there will be an increase in UMP next year. Hopefully, employers will not protest,' said Anwar quoted from Merdeka.com, Monday, October 16, 2023."

However, the proposal from the workers was not immediately approved by the government due to various indicators, especially related to inflation and economic growth. "We also calculate it based on various considerations, especially related to inflation and economic growth," he said, concluding. Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah has also responded to the demands of the labor group requesting a 15 percent increase in the provincial minimum wage or UMP 2024. She considers that the increase in UMP 2024 is very open to the current economic situation.

According to him, the formulation of the 2024 UMP will continue to be studied and announced before November 2023. Not only from the labor group, the government also listens to input from entrepreneurs. "That's the decision in November, definitely before that. We are currently absorbing aspirations for the refinement of the revision of Government Regulation Number 36, we are moving forward, we have heard aspirations from several provinces. Aspirations come from all stakeholders, not only workers but also entrepreneurs," said the Minister of Manpower.